Naropin Polyamp and Prozac Weekly

• Generic Name: ropivacaine
• Dosage Forms: n.a.
• Other Brand Names: Naropin, Naropin Polyamp, Naropin SDV, Naropin Novaplus

Naropin Polyamp is an anesthetic (numbing medicine) that blocks the nerve impulses that send pain signals to your brain.

Naropin Polyamp is used as a local (in only one area) anesthesia for a spinal block, also called an epidural. The medication is used to provide anesthesia during a surgery or C-section, or to ease labor pains.

Naropin Polyamp may also be used for purposes not listed in this medication guide.

• Generic Name: fluoxetine
• Dosage Forms: capsule, delayed release
• Other Brand Names: Prozac, Prozac Weekly, Sarafem, PROzac Pulvules, Rapiflux, Selfemra

Prozac Weekly is a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRI) antidepressant. This medicine affects chemicals in the brain that may be unbalanced in people with depression, panic, anxiety, or obsessive-compulsive symptoms.

Prozac Weekly is used to treat major depressive disorder, bulimia nervosa (an eating disorder) obsessive-compulsive disorder, panic disorder, and premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD).

Prozac Weekly is sometimes used together with another medication called olanzapine (Zyprexa) to treat manic depression caused by bipolar disorder. This combination is also used to treat depression after at least 2 other medications have been tried without successful treatment of symptoms.

If you also take olanzapine (Zyprexa), read the Zyprexa medication guide and all patient warnings and instructions provided with that medication.

Prozac Weekly may also be used for purposes not listed in this medication guide.